Nov 18, 2014 - Sale 2366

Sale 2366 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
DICKENS, CHARLES. Works. 48 volumes. Illustrated with plates after those of the first editions, mostly printed on Japan, captioned tissue guards, some frontispieces hand-colored (including most of the first volumes in multi-volume works). Title-pages printed in red and black on Japan paper. 8vo, period red 1/2 morocco over marbled boards, spines decorated in gilt in compartments with small green morocco lozenge onlays, top edges gilt, mild shelfwear to boards, top edges a bit dust-soiled, but overall excellently preserved. Boston: Dana Estes, [c. 1900]

Additional Details

"new century edition," number 314 of 1000 sets. A fine, amply margined set on large paper.